Visible crew/equipment: When Harlee arrives at the building, set lights are reflected on his sunglasses.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake
Directed by: John Guillermin
Starring: Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, O.J. Simpson
Revealing mistake: Watch carefully as the statue falls on the bartender. It barely touches his chest and rests on his left thigh. As the bartender slumps dead you can see a wide open gap between his whole upper body and the statue. Even if it crushed his thigh it would not have killed him so quickly. When the bartender slumps down the statue rocks freely as he brushes against it; obviously a styrofoam replica.
Dan Bigelow: What happened, somebody hang the wallpaper upside down?
Trivia: Both Paul Newman and Steve McQueen did most of their own stunts in this film.
Question: Where does Fred Astaire get his briefcase from, as he did not walk in with it? He walked in only carrying his suit and a bunch of flowers.
Answer: The briefcase arrived the same time the golf clubs did.